The table below provides US stock market returns for 2016 as measured by major index providers. For the year, small cap stocks provided superior returns over large cap and mid cap stocks, and value stocks outperformed growth stocks.
2016 returns
Note that index providers have differing metrics for defining size and style dimensions, and employ differing transition metrics for stocks migrating from size and style categories. These differences are reflected in the dispersion of returns in each category.
Return Table
| CRSP | Dow Jones | Morningstar | MSCI | Russell | S&P | Wilshire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Market | 12.68% | 12.62% | 12.44% | 12.67% | 12.74% | 12.65% | 13.37% |
| Completion | – |
15.75% |
– | – | 16.59% | 15.95% | 16.49% |
| Large Blend | 11.75% | 11.76% | 11.18% | 11.72% | 12.05% | 11.96% | – |
| Large Value | 16.93% |
16.51% |
18.91% | 17.70% | 17.34% | 17.40% | – |
| Large Growth | 6.16% | 6.80% | 1.79% | 5.93% | 7.08% | 6.89% | – |
| Mid Blend | 11.25% | 14.41% | 14.39% | 12.62% | 13.80% | 20.74% | – |
| Mid Value | 15.28% | 20.27% | 25.21% | 20.23% | 20.00% | 26.53% | – |
| Mid Growth | 6.78% | 10.06% | 6.46% | 5.43% | 7.33% | 14.77% | – |
| Small Blend | 18.26% | 19.87% | 20.25% | 20.41% | 21.31% | 26.56% | – |
| Small Value | 24.82% | 27.54% | 27.96% | 27.64% | 31.74% | 31.32% | – |
| Small Growth | 10.62% | 14.88% | 9.61% | 13.44% | 11.32% | 22.16% | – |
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